Advanced Age and Increased Risk for Severe Outcomes of Dengue Infection, Taiwan, 2014-2015.

ABSTRACT: Dengue, a mosquitoborne flavivirus infection, is increasingly a disease of older adults who are more likely to have chronic diseases that confer risk for severe outcomes of dengue infection. In a population-based study in Taiwan, adjusted risks for dengue-related hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, and death increased progressively with age.

SUBMITTER: Huang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10370833 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature